Excerpt: ...laintiff”) owns real property located at 3223 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90020. (Compl. at p. 1.) Defendant Young Hyo Kim (“Kim”) agreed to rent a unit in the subject property for $3,800.00 a month. (Ibid.) Kim's tenancy was terminated for cause. (Compl. at p. 2.) Plaintiff personally served Kim with a copy of the 3-day notice to pay rent or quit on March 14, 2023. (Ibid.) Kim currently owes past due rent in the amount of $45,600.00. (Comp...

Excerpt: ...efendants' operative responsive pleading. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action to set aside a void judgment. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Eric Shaub Mori (“Plaintiff”) and defendants Joe Connolly (“Joe”) and Jeri Connolly (“Jeri” and together, “Defendants”) were involved in prior litigation (the “Underlying Case”) in this Court. (Compl. ¶ 2.) In the Underlying Case, default judgment was entered for Defendants a...

Excerpt: ...CKGROUND This is an action for breach of an oral contract to form a joint venture. The operative Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”) alleges as follows. In 2020, non-party John Park (“Park”), principal of defendant Parkwest Bicycle Casino, LLC (“Parkwest”), purchased a minority share in a Southern California casino with the intent to ultimately purchase the entire operation. (TAC ¶ 10.) Park was introduced to the principals of non-party ...

Excerpt: ...e notice. DISCUSSION Plaintiff moves for orders compelling Postmates' PMK to appear for deposition. Plaintiff's counsel testifies that on July 14, 2022, Plaintiff served a deposition notice on Postmates, setting a deposition for its PMK for August 18, 2022. (Marks Decl., ¶4.) The deposition notice requested production of “each WRITING that RELATES TO each insurance policy in force and effect, including, but not limited to, primary, concurrent,...

Excerpt: ...s filed by Defendants -Motion to Deem Request for Admission (Set One) Admitted by Plaintiff and Request for Monetary Sanctions filed by Defendants DECISION The court motions are granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections within 15 days after the date of this order. The Request for Admission (Set One) are deemed admitted by Plaintiff. The requests for monetary sanctions are denied, except that the request as to th...

Excerpt: ...er. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background This action was commenced on January 21, 2020. This is action is based on a car accident that occurred on May 14, 2019. Plaintiffs to this action are Hugo Rodgriguez-Benitez and Angel Alejandro Rodriguez and the defendants are Kris Kim and BNA Textile, Inc. Defendant Kim filed the instant motions to compel...

Excerpt: ...ring date. Defendant Farnaz Eghbali is ordered to file evidence establishing that the service address (638 14th Street Santa Monica, CA 90402-2930) was not his dwelling house or usual place of abode as of March 15, 2022, the alleged date of service. Moving party to provide notice. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in July 2018. Plaintiff Jonathan Pineda filed his Complaint against Defend...

Excerpt: ...ship, Inc. on May 3, 2021. On May 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. Defendant filed the instant motion to compel compliance with deposition subpoena on November 29, 2022. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant seeks orders compelling T-Mobile to comply with the deposition subpoena Defendant issued on August 9, 2022. Opposing Arguments None. Legal Standard A party seeking discovery from a person who is not a party to the action may ...

Excerpt: ...instant motion to have the raw psychological testing materials from Defendant's expert psychiatrist produced to Plaintiff's' attorney. Plaintiff is not seeking the production of these materials to Plaintiff's own expert psychiatrist or psychologist. Defendant offered to produce the materials to such an expert pursuant to a protective order and the Court would order such production if it were sought. Summary Moving Arguments Plaintiff moves for an...

Excerpt: ...ident on a sidewalk. Plaintiff Joan Cornelius filed her Complaint against Defendants County of Los Angeles and the City of Covina on July 14, 2021. Defendant the City of Covina was dismissed on November 3, 2021. Defendant County of Los Angeles, the only remaining defendant in this action, filed its motion for summary judgment on January 24, 2023. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant argues that it is entitled to summary judgment because (1) Defenda...

Excerpt: ...ve court days after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in February 2020. Plaintiffs Stephany Bernal, Victor Pompa, and Eddie Bernal Cisneros filed their Complaint against Defendant Geovanny Torres Montalvo on April 22, 2021. On December 2, 2022, Defendant filed the instant motion for leave to file a cross-complaint. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant moves for leav...

Excerpt: ...ter the date of this order. Bac kground This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in July 2018. Plaintiff Daniela Guardia Villegas filed her Complaint against MGM Truck Lines and Orlando Euceda Jimenez on June 29, 2020. Defendants filed their motion to compel Ryan Block to appear for deposition on March 15, 2023. Summary Mo vi ng Argum ents Defendants argue that Plaintiffs counsel, Ryan Block, is a percipi...

Excerpt: ...t One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions filed by Tuizer -Motion to Compel Plaintiff Ron Uzan's Responses to Special Interrogatories (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions filed by Tuizer -Motion to Compel Plaintiff Ron Uzan's Responses to Request for Production (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions filed by Defendant Tuizer DECISION Th e five motions are gra nted. The requests for sanctions are also granted. Plaintiff Uzan is order...

Excerpt: ...g paror to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Bac kground This is an action for negligence and motor vehicle negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in May 2021. Plaintiff David Rivero filed his Complaint against the Estate of Michael Christopher Donely, The Beasley Group, LLC, and Roy Beasley on December 30, 2022. Defendants filed the instant motion...

Excerpt: ...dants Brea Auto Body, Inc. and Virginia Ann Pina. On January 30, 2023, Defendant Virginia Pina filed her memorandum of costs. On February 9, 2023, Plaintiff Tinasha Sullivan filed her motion to tax costs. On February 10, 2023, Plaintiff Herman Murphy filed his motion to tax costs. Sum mary• Mo ving Arguments Plamtiff Herman Murphy moves to tax Pina's requests for filing fees, motion fees, deposition costs, service fees, and electronic filing or...

Excerpt: ...o File Proof of Service ofthe Complaint as to Defendant Plaza Americana within 60 Days after Filing the Complaint pursuant to California Rules of Court 3.110(b), (O for April 28, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. The motion is denied. Moving paror to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Bac kground This is an action for negligence and premises liability arising from a trip and fall incide...

Excerpt: ...ummary judgment on January 13, 2 023. Summary M o vi ng Argum ents Defendant argues that there is no evidence that a dangerous condition existed at the time of Plaintiffs trip and fall. Defendant alleges that although Plaintiff thought she tripped on a pallet, she could not remember what the alleged condition looked like and did not know what she tripped on. Opposing Arguments Plaintiff argues that a pallet caused Plaintiffs fall. Plaintiff alleg...

Excerpt: ...le proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Bac kground On January 21, 2021, Miguel Urias Higuera ("Plaintiff) initiated the present action by filing a Complaint against Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authori$y ("Defendant"). Plaintiffs Complaint arises from a fire which occurred on a passenger bus owned and operated by Defendant, which caused Plaintiff, who was a passenger on the aforem...

Excerpt: ...2023. Summary M o vi ng Argum ents Defendant moves for summary judgment on the grounds that (I) Defendant performed a reasonable inspection shortly before the incident; (2) Defendant did not create the hazard that caused Plaintiffs fall; and (3) Defendant did not have a reasonable amount of time to discover and correct the alleged condition. Opposing Arguments Plaintiff argues that a triable issue of material fact exists as to whether Defendant c...

Excerpt: ... Moving parg,• to provide notice. Summary Mo vi ng Argum ents Weingarten argues that Plaintiff failed to appear for his first noticed IME and must be compelled to attend his next noticed IME. Weingarten also argues that although Plaintiff has agreed to appear for an IME, other issues remam unresolved. Specifically, Defendant seeks monetary sanctions against Plaintiff for his failure to appear for the IME, which include a $1,500 no-show fee. Opp...

Excerpt: ...ER THE LEAD CASE NUMBER AND CAPTION OF THE LEAD CASE. Case numbers on all subsequent filings should be reflected as follows: Lead case number c/w other case number(s). Any presently calendared motions in cases other than the lead case shall be continued to the newly assigned Department and shall be re-noticed and re-scheduled through the Courts online reservation system to the next available date in Department SSC-30 by the moving party. Moving p...

Excerpt: ...mary Mo vi ng Argum ents Defendant Kim seeks to compel the billing person most knowledgeable ("billing PMK") from Plaintiffs medical provider, Biohealth Pain Management ("Biohealth"), to appear at deposition. Defendant alleges that the billing PMK Dr. Rostam Khoshar, refused to appear for the deposition because he was demanding $1,200 per hour for the deposition. Defendant alleges that Code Civ. Proc„ section 2020.230, subd. (a) provides that a...

Excerpt: ...od. Moving paror to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. und This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in August 2017. Plaintiff Clive Duvall filed his Complaint against Lillian and Nathan Horwitz on August 12, 2019. On July 14, 2022, the Court dismissed Lilian Horwitz from this action for Plaintiffs failure to serve within the two-...

Excerpt: ...h below. The parties are to meet and confer and file with the Court a proposed protective order along the lines set forth by Defendant. Moving party to provide notice. Discussion Plaintiff moves for production of the "raw data" relating to the psy:hological examination of Plaintiff conducted by Defendant's expert Dr. Manual Saint Martin, a psychiatrist and neurologist. Specifically, Plaintiff requests production of (I) the tests administered to P...

Excerpt: ...inia Ann Pina. On January 30, 2023, Defendant Virginia Pma filed her memorandum of costs. On February 9, 2023, Plaintiff Tinasha Sullivan filed her motion to tax costs. On February 10, 2023, Plaintiff Herman Murphy filed his motion to tax costs. Summary Mo vi ng Argum ents Plaintiff Herman Murphy moves to tax Pina's requests for filing fees, motion fees, deposition costs, service fees, and electronic filing or service fees on the grounds that the...